Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Seattle Seahawks 10 Sunday 19 October 2008 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 9:13-1Q Bryant 47 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) TB 6:32-1Q Graham 1 run (Bryant kick) TB 3:12-2Q Bryant FG27 SEA 10:21-3Q Mare FG26 TB 4:34-4Q Bryant FG27 SEA 1:55-4Q Carlson 2 pass from Wallace (Mare kick)
Sunday night football in Tampa but after the Bucs jumped out to an early 14-0 lead. all attention was focused on Tropicana Field as the Rays were in the process of defeating Boston to reach the World Series. This was also Mike Alstott’s retirement ceremony, something I was proud to have been a small part of.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 23-52, Dunn 13-37, Garcia 2-8. SEAHAWKS: Morris 6-56, Jones 7-42, Wallace 2-6, Duckett 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Garcia 36-27-310-0-1. SEAHAWKS: Wallace 23-12-73-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Bryant 6-115, Stevens 4-55, Dunn 4-21, Clayton 3-30, Smith 2-25, Gilmore 2-20, Cook 2-15, Graham 2-13, Clark 1-12, Hilliard 1- 4. SEAHAWKS: Carlson 3-11, Robinson 2-23, Colbert 2-18, Morris 2- 12, Engram 1-8, Weaver 1-6, Jones 1-(-5). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Talib 1-19. SEAHAWKS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: D.Jackson 1-4. SEAHAWKS: Wilson 4-146, Forsett 1-24. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: DJackson 2-3, Talib 1-0. SEAHAWKS: Forsett 2-36, Engram 1-6. SACKS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: Mebane 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud TE 88 Gilmore SLB 59 June WR 89 Bryant LCB 31 Buchanon FB 34 Graham RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 10 Jackson, 17 Clark, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 25 Talib,26 Allen, 29 Bennett, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 54 Hayes, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 79 Mahan, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown, 76 Zuttah INACTIVES 8 Griese, 11 Johnson, 35 Askew, 50 McCoy, 69 Davis, 77 Lee, 84 Galloway, 96 Peterson
COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Ike Hilliard's worrying hit causes a concussion Game notes and anecdotes Tom Jones offers his two cents on the coverage Half-time was Mike Alstott's retirement ceremony Scott Smith's official game report Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play